Public Folder Replication don't work

Hi,
We want to replace our old exchange 2003 server for a new one. I installed Exchange 2003 with the same updates on both server (SP1). I follow the Kb 822931 of Microsoft to transfert my stuff to the new server. I begin by step the replication of all my publics folder, schedule+, ... on the new server.

In the Replication status windows, some items are "In sync" but I didn't see anything on the new server. Some other are "data not available".

I made a lot of search on the internet... And a lot of people tell that it will sync in a random numbers of hours ?! (by act of god ???)

Public Folder replication is slow, but you can make it move a bit faster using the Send Contents Now option on each folder. That can flood your bandwidth though, so watch it carefully.

The sync status cannot be relied upon. The only thing you should use is item count. However don't expect every folder to be 100% identical in item count because you get deleted and corrupt items counted as well.

Otherwise it is very much hit and miss. When you are coming off Exchange 2000 (which you are not) then I measure the sync time in days - it can take two or three weeks because it is so conservative (remember Exchange 2000 was written when 10 base networks were common and only rich companies had 100 base). Not so bad with Exchange 2003, particularly with SP2 installed.

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